Today's Guest: Tony Hartl, entrepreneur,
author, Selling Sunshine

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience
of penny pinchers who treat every dollar like a brother… in
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capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

Order Tony Hartl's book, Selling Sunshine, by clicking the
book cover above!

Frankly, it would have been easy to pass on tanning entrepreneur
Tony Hartl’s new book, Selling Sunshine: 75 Tips, Tools, and
Tactics for Becoming a Wildly Successful Entrepreneur. I say
that with all due respect, but the truth is that the
accomplishments of small business entrepreneurs often get
overlooked in a marketplace where bigger is always thought to be
better.

TONY HARTL podcast excerpt:
"From an early age on, my mother took what jobs she could. She
worked hard and I always saw her deal with everything she did with
grace."

But I started reading Sunshine and I was impressed that Hartl
really had some lessons to impart and some powerful experiences to
share. I was fascinated with how far he had come, growing up poor
by any measure yet never lacking ambition or drive. Hartl grew his
company, Planet Tan, from three Dallas mega tanning salons to 17
locations in multiple states. He made a bunch of money and got out,
and his story is an inspirational one for anyone with the
entrepreneurial itch.

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